1 . Abby Harris has a dream. But unlike most ordinary 15-year-old girls, Abby’s dream has _______ to do with expensive shopping, meeting her _______ boy bands or throwing huge parties with her friends. This US teenager wants to be the _______ astronaut to walk on Mars. And she’s using the _______ of social media to make sure that she gets there.

According to Abby’s Internet blog, Astronaut Abby, she has wanted to be a (n) _______ since she was 5 years old.

She _______ more in the post People Say I’m A Dreamer: “When you’re that young and you have that big a dream, most people just _______ you. But I stuck with it. I made plans, I worked hard and I _______ on my goal. As I got older and continued to stay focused on science, technology, engineering and math(STEM), people in my life(my family, friends, teachers), began to notice and _______ me to dream big. I had huge ambitions, and was ________ to have people around me telling me that I could achieve them.

In the seventh grade, Abby ________ a Twitter account as part of a history project she was doing on the International Space Station. She ________ wanted to use Twitter to get in touch with NASA employees, but soon she found that it was a ________ place for her to write about her dreams, connect with others who have interest in space and ________ pictures of projects that she was working on. Her connections on Twitter then ________ her to create her website and blog, Astronaut Abby, located at astronautabby.com.

Several years ago, Abby ________ Italian   astronaut Luca Parmitano at an airport and ________ him into becoming her mentor（导师）.

Abby is obviously doing everything she can to make her ________ a reality. Want to help her along? You can visit her ________ to learn more about this amazing girl and her ________ dream.

1.

A．something

B．nothing

C．everything

D．anything

2.

A．best

B．top

C．favorite

D．worst

3.

A．first

B．last

C．youngest

D．oldest

4.

A．energy

B．ability

C．strength

D．power

5.

A．blogger

B．astronaut

C．dreamer

D．star

6.

A．argues

B．agrees

C．explains

D．explores

7.

A．believe

B．blame

C．praise

D．ignore

8.

A．took

B．focused

C．counted

D．lived

9.

A．pushed

B．prevented

C．encouraged

D．discouraged

10.

A．anxious

B．confident

C．determined

D．fortunate

11.

A．set up

B．built up

C．made up

D．took up

12.

A．rapidly

B．originally

C．rarely

D．finally

13.

A．comfortable

B．real

C．great

D．quiet

14.

A．share

B．draw

C．take

D．stick

15.

A．persuaded

B．stopped

C．made

D．helped

16.

A．came after

B．came across

C．came into

D．came at

17.

A．talked

B．forced

C．trapped

D．fooled

18.

A．plan

B．media

C．dream

D．life

19.

A．website

B．home

C．school

D．city

20.

A．awesome

B．absurd

C．awkward

D．awful

2 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1 ~ 10的相应位置上。
As a child, I was always out exploring my local area, whether swimming at the beaches or hiking through the bush. Australia’s outdoor lifestyle had me hooked on adventure and nature. I always wanted to explore     1     else was out there. Going on family holidays to many of the East Coast beach towns was always     2     fun adventure into the     3     (know). I came to love the beauty of world, and began to recognize just     4     much the planet had to offer, even     5     my experience of it was only in my backyard.
Also, Australia is very remote and detached from the rest of the world.     6     (Europe) often drive into other countries for     7     summer vacations. We never had that luxury and international travel seemed all the more exotic and     8     (adventure) to me. Very often, we     9     (expose) to other countries through TV and movies,     10     I wanted to experience it for myself.